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Annarita Guarnieri

    Working in publishing since 1979, this author crafts narratives that delve into fantasy and horror, drawing inspiration from legend and myth. Her stories are distinguished by a unique voice that offers deep insight into both human and animal psychology. Her current projects reveal a fascination with the supernatural and storytelling from unconventional viewpoints.

    Dead until dark
    Days of Blood and Fire
    Luck in the Shadows
    The Black Raven
    Krispos l'imperatore
    Cosmo classici della fantascienza: Maschera di diamante
    • A Touch of Dead

      • 192 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Sookie Stackhouse enjoys her job as a cocktail waitress in Merlotte's, a small-town bar in small-town Bon Temps, deep in Louisiana. She's funny and pretty and, thanks to her grandmother, she's very well-mannered - but since not many people truly appreciate her ability to read their minds, the guys haven't exactly been beating down her door...And then along came Bill, tall, dark and handsome - and Sookie couldn't 'hear' a word he was thinking. He was exactly the type of guy she'd been waiting all her life for. Of course, Bill had a disability of his own: fussy about his food, not into suntans, bit of a night person: yep, Bill was a vampire.But at least now Sookie knows there *are* guys she can date who won't worry about her catching them thinking about other women - and that's going to make Sookie's life really interesting!

      A Touch of Dead2011
      3.9
    • Dead until dark

      • 260 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series—the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBO® original series True Blood. Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps, Louisiana. She's quiet, doesn't get out much, and tends to mind her own business—except when it comes to her “disability.” Sookie can read minds. And that doesn’t make her too dateable. Then along comes Bill Compton. He’s tall, dark, handsome—and Sookie can’t hear a word he’s thinking. He’s exactly the type of guy she’s been waiting for all her life... But Bill has a disability of his own: he’s a vampire with a bad reputation. And when a string of murders hits Bon Temps—along with a gang of truly nasty bloodsuckers looking for Bill—Sookie starts to wonder if having a vampire for a boyfriend is such a bright idea.

      Dead until dark2009
      4.0
    • Living Dead in Dallas

      • 279 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      Sookie Stackhouse likes living in Bon Temps, Louisiana, and she likes working as a cocktail waitress at Merlotte's. But she is having a streak of bad luck. First her co-worker is killed, and no one seems to care. Then she comes face-to-face with a beastly creature which gives her a painful and poisonous lashing. Enter the vampires, who graciously suck the poison from her veins (like they didn't enjoy it). The point is the vampires saved her life. So when one of the bloodsuckers asks for a favour, she obliges - and soon Sookie's in Dallas, using her telepathic skills to search for a missing vampire. She's supposed to interview the humans involved, but she makes one condition: the vampires must promise to behave, and let the humans go unharmed. But that's easier said than done, and all it takes is one delicious blonde and one small mistake for things to turn deadly...

      Living Dead in Dallas2009
      3.8
    • The Black Raven

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Book ten of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history over several hundred years.

      The Black Raven2008
      4.2
    • The Demon Spirit

      • 640 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      In book two of the DemonWars Saga, Elbryan and Pony fervently hope that the tide of darkness is at last receding from the land of Corona—but if evil is on the retreat why are hordes of goblins and bloody-capped powries slashing their way ever deeper into civilized lands? A sinister threat now looms over Corona for the power of the demon dactyl was not entirely vanquished by the sacrifice of the monk Avelyn Desbris. Instead, its darkness has infiltrated the most sacred of places—as a once-admired spiritual leader rededicates his life to the most vicious, most insidious revenge against the forces of good. There may be no stopping the spread of malignant evil. In book two of the DemonWars Saga #1 New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore returns in what Booklist calls “a gripping story…some of his best work.”

      The Demon Spirit2001
      4.0
    • The Demon Awakens

      • 612 pages
      • 22 hours of reading

      In THE DEMON AWAKENS, bestselling author R. A. Salvatore creates an astonishing new world for readers to explore--and an intrepid hero to lead the way: Elbryan Wynden, who must confront the dark tides of destiny in his epic search for justice and peace . . . A great evil has awakened in the land of Corona, a terrible demon determined to spread death and misery. His goblin armies and fearsome giants ravage the settlements of the frontier, and in the small village of Dundallis their merciless attack leaves behind two shattered orphans: Pony and her lifelong friend, the youth Elbryan. Taken in by elves, Elbryan is raised to become a formidable ranger--a fateful role that will lead him into harrowing confrontation. Meanwhile, on a far-off island, a shower of gemstones will fall onto the black sand shores. These heaven-sent stones carry within them an incredible power--the key to all that is good in the world and all that is evil, and it is up to one young monk to liberate them from the corrupt monastery that harvests them. Pray that they don't fall into the wrong, clawed hands . . .

      The Demon Awakens2001
      3.9
    • The Demon Apostle

      • 544 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      In the conclusion of the DemonWars trilogy, Elbryan Wyndan and Pony, wielder of magic gemstones, battle the evil afflicting Corona.

      The Demon Apostle2001
      3.9
    • Eschaton: The Siege of Eternity

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      The aliens aren't coming. They're here.We've captured some of them. Are they our saviors, or are they out to destroy us? We've seen no spaceships, received no ultimatums--but the aliens may have a more insidious plot....Government agent Dan Dannerman and astronomer Patrice Adcock were kidnapped by the aliens and have been returned in altered states, cloned and implanted with strange devices. To what end?Before the reasons behind their abduction can be made clear, a wave of extremist threats and terrorist attacks sweeps the globe. Are the attacks a reaction to the aliens' arrival--or a part of their plan? A race around the earth and into space begins, as humankind desperately tries to prevent the aliens from establishing a beachhead no Earth.The siege has begun.

      Eschaton: The Siege of Eternity1998
      3.4
    • When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didn’t commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But one thing he never expected was his cellmate. Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things–none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine, and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec’s new mentor, and this time there just might be… Luck in the Shadows.

      Luck in the Shadows1997
      4.1
    • Days of Blood and Fire

      • 528 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      In the peaceful land of the Rhiddaer, Jahdo the ratcatcher's son stumbles upon a secret meeting between a city council man and a dangerous, mysterious woman. Suddenly the boy is tangled in a web of intrigue and black magic that drags him far from home. In the company of a blind bard, Jahdo must travel to Deverry to unravel the evil that binds him. But there the boy is caught up in dangers far greater than he has ever known. Two powerful sorcerers--one human, the other elven--are battling to save the country from a goddess gone mad. Their strongest ally is the mercenary soldier Rhodry Maelwaedd, a berserker bound to both women by fate and magic . . . and to the dragon upon whom all their live may depend. Days Of Blood And Fire begins an exciting new chapter in the chronicles of Deverry and the Westlands, with a story suited to new readers and loyal fans alike.

      Days of Blood and Fire1997
      4.1
    • Cosmo classici della fantascienza: Maschera di diamante

      Edizione integrale

      • 558 pages
      • 20 hours of reading

      Il XXI secolo è alla fine. Trent'anni sono passati da quando il pacifico Milieu Galattico ha accolto la Terra nella sua federazione e presto l'umanità sarà chiamata a far parte dell'Unità, la mente collettiva che raccoglie le razze aliene dell'universo. Ma non tutti ci credono. Un gruppo di ribelli, il cui numero cresce ogni giorno, trama per salvaguardare l'individualità della razza umana. E i ribelli hanno un sostenitore segreto: Furia, l'insana creatura metapsichica che non si ferma davanti a nulla pur di raggiungere ilsuo scopo ed esercitare il pieno controllo sull'umanità.

      Cosmo classici della fantascienza: Maschera di diamante1996
      4.3
    • Krispos l'imperatore

      • 465 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Tutti e tre i suoi figli sono ormai adulti, ma fra loro e il padre non regna certo la più perfetta armonia!Anzi Phastis, il primogenito - sulla cui autentica paternità esistono ancora dei dubbi, sicché si mormora che possa in realtà discendere dal seme di Anthimios - sembra essersi lasciato affascinare da un'iquietante eresia che va sempre più diffondendosi nel territorio dell'Impero: quella dei Thanasioi.Trascinati dal fanatismo del loro sinistro capo, Livanios, i seguaci della setta predicano che ogni ricchezza e ogni materialità, compreso il corpo umano, altro non sono che creazioni diaboliche di Skotos, il dio del Male e che pertanto ogni manifestazione di dovizia e ogni potere vanno combattuti...

      Krispos l'imperatore1995
      4.2